Located
on the third floor of the David L. Rice Library, the collection consists
of personal papers and business,
organizational, and governmental records including diaries and journals,
correspondence, literary manuscripts,
art work, account books, minutes of business firms and organizations,
scrapbooks and newsletters, photographs
and memorabilia.
When visiting the University Archives and Special Collections,
please call ahead to inform us
of your research needs, so that we may better serve you.
University
Archives and Special Collections hours.
For more information call 812-465-1643 or 812-464-1832 or email: libweb@usi.edu.
- Checkout
Policy
-
Materials may not be checked out, but some items can be photocopied,
depending on their condition.
- Regional
History -
A collection of past and present materials of Indiana, Kentucky, and
Illinois
which includes books, photographs, newspaper clippings, oral history
interviews and newsletters.
- Local
Authors -
Original manuscripts, proofs, galley sheets, and research materials
comprise the collection of
materials comprise the collection of materials from local authors.
Among those represented
are Kenneth McCutchan, Marilyn Durham, Darrel Bigham, and Ronald Roat.
- Communal
Studies Collections -
The Communal Studies Collection contains information on historic and
contemporary intentional
communities. The collection includes primary and secondary materials
on many historic and
contemporary communities.
- University
Archives
is made up of files, records, and documents produced by the University's
offices.
- Rare
Books -
The collection includes children's fiction and school texts, geology
and natural history, the
history of the Jewish people, movies and film. Dating back to
1603, these books are first
editions, signed by the author or of special interest to this region.
- The
Archives has a collection of materials on the History
of USI.
- The
Archives has copies of all USI yearbooks
that were published, 1971-1989.
- The
Archives has copies of student newspapers:
- The
Shield (1969 - present)
- The
Spartan Shield
- The
Roach (1966-1969)
- Additional
Collections
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